G/TBT/N/GBR/47/Add.1  
 
2 September 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 September 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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Title:  The Toys and Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) Regulations 2022  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 15 June 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
1. Carcinogen Mutagen and Reprotoxic substances (CMRs), and Fragrance allergens 
requirements: 15 October 2022;  
2. The Science Advisory Group -Chemical Safety (SAG -CS) reviews: 15 December 2022  
[X] Text of final me asure available from1:  
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/659/introduction/made  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  These measures amend the Toys (Safety) Regulation 2011 as applicable in GB ("the 
Toys Regulations") and the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 as applicable in GB ("the Cosmetics 
Regulations") as they apply in England, Wales and Scotland. They amend permitted levels of certain 
chemicals in both the Toys Regulations and the Cosmetics Regulations  in order to ensure that only 
toys and cosmetics products that are considered safe can be placed on the GB market. The measure 
amends the technical annexes of both the toys and cosmetics regulations to either amend the 
permitted level of use of a specific chemical or prohibit its use. In terms of the rationale, these 
chemicals can be considered in three categories:  
1. Carcinogen, Mutagen and Reprotoxic substances (CMRs)  
2. Fragrance allergens  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/GBR/47/Add.1  
 
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  3. The Science Advisory Group -Chemical Safety (SAG -CS) reviews  
A shorter entry into force period is necessary to avoid potential negative impacts of the use and 
limits of certain chemicals currently used in some toys and cosmetics. A longer delay is a potential 
risk to human health.  
The draft provisions of concern to to y products being removed from the market were amended in 
the final version of the instrument. The provisions in the final Regulations aim to maintain 
consistency with 'placing on the market' language used previously and the date by which products 
must be t aken off the market has been removed. The relevant compliance dates for toys are now as 
follows:  
Fragrance Allergens – Atranol, Chloroatranol and Methyl heptine carbonate: Non -compliant products 
cannot be placed on the market after 15 October 2022  
Chemical s assessed by SAG -CS – Aluminium, Formaldehyde, and aniline: Non -compliant products 
cannot be placed on the market after 15 December 2022  
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